It's Freezing Out Here!

It's cold now. Really cold. It snowed for the first time since I've been out here last Saturday night. When I woke up on Sunday morning and looked out the window, the ledge was covered in powdery white snow. When I walked outside, I saw cars covered in snow and a bit of ice and snow on the ground. Everyone told me that I would love my first winter here since it's different to live in a place where there's snow outside, and then every year after that I would hate it because it's freezing cold. Looks like things are going that way. Right now the snow and ice are a novelty, so it's fun.

It's still freezing, though. When I walk out on a windy day and it's cold, I feel like my eyes and the rest of my face will freeze over if I don't get inside soon. I have to bundle up with a scarf, coat and gloves everywhere I go, and then when I get inside somewhere, the heat's on so high that I have to strip it all off.

Today on the subway, a thread on my jacket got caught around the button of another passenger. We had no idea until he had to move his arm and my elbow went with it. I tried to unwind it, but I must have been turning the thread the wrong way, because it wasn't coming apart. The guy was pretty nice and patient about it, but then again it was my jacket that was falling apart the more I tried to untangle the thread. After twisting it a few other ways, I managed to untangle our jackets before his stop.

It supposed to snow more this week. Hopefully the mountains will get enough of it so that I can go skiing this weekend!